Episode 1: The Awakening of the Young Man

  "Yue'er, wake up quickly, mother won't force you anymore..."

  "Yue'er, as long as you wake up, I can agree to anything you want. From now on, whether you can condense your true energy or not, I won't scold you again..."

  "Yue'er, hurry up and wake up. Since the girl from Snow's family doesn't have her heart on you, why must you seek death and life for her?"

  "Yue Er, I'm begging you, your father has already left me, are you also going to leave me?"

  In the midst of dizziness, Duan Yue seemed to hear a woman's voice calling out, full of care and deep emotions, sorrowful and mournful, yet strangely familiar, suddenly evoking a heart-wrenching feeling in him.

  My head hurts...

  Duan Yue felt like his brain was about to explode, but upon hearing the voice, he couldn't help but try to open his eyes with great effort. Through blurry vision, he saw a pale-faced woman bowing her head and holding his hand while sobbing softly. He originally wanted to move, but his body seemed to be completely out of his control, unable to exert even half a bit of strength.

  What is this place? And who is she?

  Why is it that when I hear her crying, I feel so much pain? There's a kind of heart-wrenching ache, as if there are tens of millions of sharp knives, one after another, piercing my chest!

  "Ah!"

  Duan Yue suddenly felt a sharp pain in the depths of his mind, followed by a surge of inexplicable memory fragments that made him let out a loud shout. His originally weak eyes suddenly opened wide, and two eerie beams of light condensed into substance, shooting out in black and red, extremely bizarre!

  "Yue'er, Yue'er, what's wrong with you!" The woman raised her head and saw the painful expression on Duan Yue's face, as well as his two strange pupils. She was both shocked and frightened, but soon, she was overcome with sadness, her eyes brimming with tears.

  "Duan Yue, let's break up..."

  His name is Duan Yue, an abandoned orphan who grew up in an orphanage. He had a very ordinary life, an ordinary girlfriend and even more ordinary love, but he was happy and never complained until he saw his girlfriend leave with another man, only then did he realize that he was the biggest fool of all.

  That night, he got drunk and wandered aimlessly on the streets with a bottle of wine, until very late, when there was not even a shadow to be seen. In his daze, he vaguely remembered a streak of light falling from the sky, rushing straight towards him...

  "...Now I formally announce, expelling Duan Yue from the family's direct lineage..."

  "Duan Yue, I'm really sorry, this time we came, is to break off the engagement..."

  "You little brat, you're just a useless piece of trash, and yet you think you can get involved with Xue Fei? Today, I, Duan Song, will destroy you..."

  His name is Duan Yue, a former direct descendant of the Duan family, one of the four major families of the Qianlong Empire on the continent of Shenwu. At the age of five, he began to show extraordinary talent for cultivation, and in just over a year, he reached the realm of Jiedan Da Yuanman, becoming an unbeatable genius in the family, and was engaged to Xue Fei, a talented young girl from the Xue family.

  Unfortunately, unexpectedly, his cultivation talent seemed to have stopped at this point. From the age of seven onwards, his cultivation had been stuck at the peak of the Great Circle of Foundation Establishment, no matter how hard he tried to cultivate, he couldn't make any progress. For nine whole years, until last month when he turned sixteen and came of age, he still hadn't broken through.

  After the Great Round of Fulfillment, the boundary between the Post-Heavenly Realm and the Pre-Heavenly Realm is only a thin line, but it determines the life of every individual on the Divine Martial Continent. If one breaks through, they can become a true Post-Heavenly Warrior, and perhaps one day break through the Pre-Heavenly Barrier to become an unparalleled top strongman!

  According to the family rules, if a legitimate son cannot condense his true energy and break through to the realm of acquired martial artist before the age of 16, he will be stripped of his status as a legitimate son. Duan Yue is no exception, although this status was exchanged for his mother's sacrifice of her own cultivation 16 years ago!

  Without the status of a legitimate son, Duan Yue's position in the Duan family plummeted. Those who had once been his rivals began to make things difficult for him. Even Xue Fei, his fiancée, came to break off their engagement and deliberately set him up with one of her suitors from the Duan family, crippling his already unimpressive cultivation. Heartbroken, Duan Yue got drunk at midnight and was struck by a mysterious beam of light, leaving him severely injured.

  Chaotic memories surged forth, entwining and intersecting, constantly changing and transforming, like a tidal wave crashing against Duan Yue's mind. Finally, with a deafening roar, it transformed into a dazzling streak of light that flashed across the starry sky, and in his wide-open eyes, he saw it hurtling towards him!

  "Ah!"

  Duan Yue let out another loud roar, and the two beams of light between his eyes suddenly changed from black and red to cyan and purple, with a hint of thunder rumbling in the air.

  But at this moment, the empty space above the house suddenly became windy and cloudy. The sky that was just clear and cloudless a moment ago had gathered countless clouds in an instant. In a flash, dark clouds covered the ground, and a whirlpool-like black cloud suddenly appeared high in the air. Deep within the black cloud, purple lightning flashed faintly...

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  Wave after wave of information, a relentless barrage pounding his brain, Duan Yue had the illusion of falling into hell, and could only let out a continuous scream, his hands ceaselessly tearing at the bed sheets and quilt, as if this would alleviate his pain.

  "Yue'er, Yue'er," the woman burst into tears, looking at Duan Yue on the bed, wishing she could take his place.

  "Boom———"

  A loud thunder suddenly burst open, and the purple light seemed to split the dark clouds in the sky into two halves in an instant, illuminating the rolling black cloud layer. Immediately after that was a rumbling sound like the galloping of ten thousand horses, slowly spreading out and lingering on for a long time...

  This loud thunderclap shook the house so much that it trembled, and inside, a woman who was crying miserably also suddenly looked up in fright.

  "Oh, heavens! Why are you doing this to me?! Isn't it enough that you've ruined my life, why must you also ruin my child's?!" The woman glared upwards with wide eyes, as if trying to pierce through the roof and gaze at the heavens above, seeking a glimpse of the mysterious and all-powerful force that governed everything.

  However, this anger only lasted for a moment before dissipating. The sorrow in his eyes flowed out again, and tears followed, accompanied by the sound of sobbing from his nose. He looked at Duan Yu on the bed with a mixture of pain and sadness.

  Wow!

  Duan Yue, who was struggling in agony, suddenly sat up and spat out a mouthful of black blood, which splattered directly onto the unconscious woman. The woman trembled all over, lifted her head abruptly, and exclaimed in shock: "Yue'er! Yue'er!"

  The woman's heart was burning with anxiety, and she hastily supported Duan Yu's body. Tears fell like a broken thread, dropping down continuously...

  After this mouthful of blood was sprayed out, Duan Yue surprisingly stopped struggling, and his pale face quickly regained some color. The severe pain on his body receded like the tide, rapidly disappearing, and the eerie glow in his eyes also dissipated and retracted...

  The dazzling light in front of him gradually disappeared, and Duan Yue finally adapted to the light in front of him. When he saw the woman in front of him, his eyes were slightly taken aback, and he muttered: "You are..."

  Before the words had fallen, Duan Yue only felt a buzzing in his mind, and images kept emerging one after another. For herself, she sacrificed her lifelong cultivation to revive the second uncle who should have died, just to get the identity of the eldest son of the Duan family; for herself, she endured all the harsh treatment and humiliation from the family, for herself, she had already paid too much...

  "Daughter," a slightly hoarse voice called out from Duan Yue's mouth, although he had only just met this strange woman, but her caring eyes instantly knocked down all the defenses in his heart.

  She is her own mother!

  "Xué er, Xué er." The woman heard it in her ears, and her body was stunned for a moment as if struck by lightning. Her face was filled with surprise and joy, and she couldn't help but hug Duan Yue, wailing and crying loudly: "As long as you're awake, it's good... As long as you're awake, it's good..."

  Her life has been a bumpy ride, she had worked hard since childhood, but during her teenage years, she fell in love with a playboy and almost got into a fight with her family. Although the two of them eventually got together after many hardships, that playboy ultimately left her and never came back. The only thing she has left is Duan Yue! To some extent, Duan Yue has become her entire reliance on living in this life.

  "Mother...... I'm fine......... Don't cry." For some reason, Duan Yue felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to this unfamiliar mother. Seeing her so grief-stricken and worried about him, although he knew she was actually concerned for another version of himself, Duan Yue couldn't help but force a faint smile and comfort her.

  "It's good that you're awake, it's good that you're awake. From now on, you must take good care of yourself and never let your mother worry again..." The woman kept repeating this sentence, holding Duan Yue tightly in her arms, as if she had grasped the most precious thing in her life and would never let go!

  "Mother, don't worry, I won't let you worry again......... Having been an orphan for half a lifetime, facing the sudden and boundless motherly love, Duan Yue only felt a warmth in his heart, a sense of comfort........."